Public Notice Ohio Environmental Protection Agency Re designation and Maintenance Plan for the Cleveland

- Akron

- Lorain , Ohio Ozone Nonattainment Area

Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Medina, Portage, and Summit Counties

Notice is hereby given that the Director of the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, (Ohio EPA) is requesting that the United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) revise the current air quality designation for the Cleveland

- Akron

- Lorain

, Ohio

area ; Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Medina, Portage and Summit counties to attainment with respect to the 2008 eight

- hour ozone national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS)

. Air quality monitoring data collected between 2013 and 2015 in the region demonstrate d attainment of the NAAQS and there was evidence that the improved air quality is due to permanent, e nforceable emission reductions. In addition, existing requirements are sufficient to maintain the 2008 eight

- hour ozone standard in this area at least ten years into the future

. Projected emissions and c omputer models show that existing state and federal emission reduction requirements are sufficient to attain and maintain the NAAQS in the C leveland

- Akron

- Lorain area. Therefore, Ohio EPA pr oposes to utilize existing emission inventory information and projections of future emissions as the demonstration of the ability to maintain the NAAQS in the Cleveland

Akron

- Lorain area in the future.

The Cleveland

- Akron

- Lorain area is currently designated as nonattainment for the 2008

ozone standard. As part of an acceptable maintenance plan, Ohio EPA is required to develop a contingency plan to provide for additional emission reductions if a violation of the NAAQS is monitored after the area has been redesignated. The plan which Ohio EPA is proposing to U

. S

. EPA as part of this redesignation contains reductions which will help alleviate the ambient problem until a revised SIP can be developed.

The State of Ohio proposes to:

1. R equest the U.S. EPA redesignate the Cleveland

- Akron

- Lorain area to attainment with respect to the 2008 ozone NAAQS an d revise the maintenance plan. This request will document that existing enforceable control measures are responsible for the observed impro vement in air quality.

2. Designate existing controls as sufficient to maintain the NAAQS into the future.

3. Commit to the proposed contingency plan.

These actions must be noticed to allow public comment and to satisfy U.S. EPA requirements for public involvement in SIP related activities. This notice addresses Ohio EPA’s reliance on the emission project ion s as evidence of attainment and maintenance and the commitment to institute contingency measures if ambientexceedances or violations trigger the co ntingency plan requirements. Written comments

will be received on or before June 27 , 201 6 at the following address:

E

- mail: erica.fettydavis@epa.ohio.gov

Mailing address: Erica Fetty

Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, DAPC Lazarus Government Center P.O. Box 1049 Columbus, Ohio 43216

- 1049 Phone: (614 ) 644

- 2310

Pursuant to Section 119.03 of the Ohio Revised Code, a public hearing on this redesignation request will be conducted as follows: June 27 , 2016 at 3 : 00 P.M

., Ohio EPA Northeast District Office, located at 2110 East Aurora Road

, Twinsburg , Ohio 44087

. All interested persons are entitled to attend or be represented at the hearings and give written or oral comments on these changes. All oral comments presented at the hearing, and all writt en statements submitted at the hearing or to the above address by the close of business on June 2 7 , 201 6 will be considered by Ohio EPA prior to final action on this redesignation. Written statements submitted after June 27

, 201 6 may be considered as time and circumstances permit, but will not be part of the official record of the hearing.

This redesignation and maintenance request is available on Ohio EPA DAPC’s Web page for electronic downloading at: http://www.epa.state.oh.us/dapc /SIP/2008.aspx

. Questions regarding accessing the web site should be directed to Paul Braun at 614

- 644

- 3734 ; other questions or comments about this document should be directed to either Erica Fetty , (614)

- 644

- 2310

, Erica.Fetty Davis@epa.ohio.gov or Jennifer Van Vlerah at (614) 644

- 3696, Jennifer. VanVlerah@epa.ohio.gov or mailed to Erica Fetty or Jennifer Van Vlerah at the above address.